Washington, D.C. – Collaboration among U.S. law enforcement facilitated the
March 18th capture of Amaro Ligorio Rodigues at Miami International Airport.

Rodigues is wanted by French authorities for rape of a minor, rape, attempted
rape, and flight to avoid prosecution. Multiple law enforcement agencies
mobilized after Barbadian authorities alerted the U.S. Department of State (DOS)
that the Interpol Red Notice subject had fled that country after being
questioned about the French charges.

The Interpol General Secretariat (Lyon, France) verified the arrest warrant and
notified agents of the U.S. National Central Bureau’s Fugitive Division of
RODRIGUES’ impending transit through the U.S. in an effort to return to Canada.
Subsequent thereto, investigators of the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS)
coordinated with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Diplomatic Security
Service. Immediate cooperation among these agencies and the USNCB resulted in
RODRIQUES’ arrest on a provisional warrant by the USMS at Miami International
Airport. He is being held without bond pending extradition to France. He has
been a fugitive from justice since 2005.

“This case demonstrates the outstanding interagency cooperation between U.S. and
foreign authorities via Interpol, which directly resulted in the capture of this
sexual predator,” said USNCB Director Martin Renkiewicz.